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Thursday, June 3, 1:40 PM - 5:20 PM

Smart Polymer Materials and Hybrid Systems

Kellas 105

Organizer/Presider: Sergiy Minko

1:40 245 Engineering of Shape Memory Elastomers. Mitchell Anthamatten, University of Rochester

2:10 246 Exploiting Shape Memory Polymers for Active Cell Culture. James H. Henderson1,2, (1)Syracuse University, (2)Syracuse University

2:40 247 Composition Optimization of Transition Temperature and Breadth of Glassy Shape Memory Polymers. Richard M. Baker, Patrick T. Mather and James H. Henderson, Syracuse University

3:00 248 Design Principles for New Shape Memory Polymer Composites. Xiaofan Luo and Patrick T. Mather, Syracuse University

3:20 249 Shape Memory Phenomena in PCL-PEG Multiblock Thermoplastic Polyurethanes (TPUs). Xinzhu Gu and Patrick T. Mather, Syracuse University

3:40 Intermission

4:00 250 Polyelectrolyte Brushes: From Single Chains to Bundles of Chains. Andrey V. Dobrynin, University of Connecticut

4:30 251 Infrared Ellipsometry for Characterization of Smart Polymer Films in Aqueous Environment. Karsten Hinrichs, Leibniz-Institute for Analytical Sciences - ISAS - e.V.

5:00 252 Synthesis and Characterization of Polystyrene-Polylactide Random Bottlebrush Copolymers and Their Self-Assembly. Julia Dallas and Javid Rzayev, SUNY Buffalo